Grade: 2nd

Month: September/October

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Main Concept

Places & Regions
Environment & Society
Change:
My Community and Region Today
People Depending on and Modifying the Physical Environment

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Guiding Questions

• What is a community?
• How does geography influence where people choose to live? Why?
• What does my community look like?

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Theme/Content Skills

• My urban, suburban, or rural community can be located on a map.
• Urban, suburban, and rural communities differ from place to place.
• Rural, urban, and suburban communities are influenced by geographic and environmental factors.

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Key Terms

community, urban, rural, suburban, needs, wants, map, globe, landforms, continent, country, state, canals, rivers, hills, north, south, east, west, compass rose, map key, legend, city

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Holidays

Columbus Day
Rosh Hashana
Tom Kippur
Halloween
Labor Day

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Student Outcomes

• Students will identify what community is (urban, suburban, rural).
• Students will navigate a map.
• Students will identify their location on a variety of maps (country, world, state, city)

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Assessment/Project

-Students create a map of their community
-Students create a "Model of a Community" see page 5A in Harcourt Teacher's Guide
-Students create a "Community Ties Quilt" see page 11 in Harcourt Teacher's Guide

Resources for Students

-Maps of NYC
-Maps of USA
-Globe
-Social Studies Vocabulary Journal

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Resources for Teachers

-Maps of the USA, NY, NYC, and other communities in New York
-Readinga-z.com : section on community (My Neighborhood)
-www.nylearns.org
-Harcourt Brace Teacher's Guide
-Kids National Geographic

Field Trip Suggestions

-Museum of the City of New York
-Community/Neighborhood Walk with a map